Maria Darwish
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About Maria Darwish
Maria Darwish is a PhD Candidate in Gender Studies at Örebro University. In her PhD thesis, she investigates the relationships between ecofascism, gender, affect, and nature.
Research
She holds a master's degree in Gender Studies from the University of Oslo, where her MA thesis explored the intersection of far-right extremism, environmentalism, and masculinity. Her research interests include (neo-)Nazism, fascism, ideology, racism, affect and cuteness studies, propaganda, human ecology, and human-nature issues such as veganism and climate change.
She has also peer-reviewed articles for several journals, including Men and Masculinities, Politics, Religions & Ideology and ephemra.
Darwish teaches methods courses in sociology and gender studies at Örebro University. She offers educational lectures on her research topics and has presented at various public and private events.
Research groups
Publications
Articles in journals
- Darwish, M. & Gottzén, L. (2025). The contemplative man: 'positive' affect and masculinity in ecofascist visual communication. Journal of Gender Studies. [BibTeX]
- Darwish, M. (2024). Fascism, nature and communication: a Discursive-affective analysis of cuteness in ecofascist propaganda. Feminist Media Studies. [BibTeX]
Chapters in books
- Bangstad, S. & Darwish, M. (2023). Ecofascism and the Politics of Replacement in the Discourse of the Nordic Resistance Movement (NMR). In: Sarah Bracke; Luis Manuel Hernández Aguilar, The Politics of Replacement: Demographic Fears, Conspiracy Theories, and Race Wars (pp. 95-106). . Routledge. [BibTeX]
- Darwish, M. (2021). Nature, Masculinities, Care, and the Far-Right. In: Pulé M., Paul; Hultman, Martin, Men, masculinities, and Earth: contending with the (m)Anthropocene (pp. 183-206). Cham: Palgrave Macmillan. [BibTeX]
Conference papers
- Darwish, M. (2021). Moomin Memes and Cuteness in Ecofascist Propaganda. In: Isabel Galleymoore; Caroline Harris; Astra Papachristodoulou, Aww-Struck Poetic and Critical Responses to the Theme of Cuteness. Paper presented at AWW-Struck, Creative and critical approaches to cuteness, May 21 - June 11, 2021. Poem Atlas. [BibTeX]